Natural gas fracturing has produced an energy boom in the United States and some experts predict it will lead the way toward U.S. energy independence. At the same time, fracking raises serious environmental concerns and has led many to question its unfettered development.

This lecture, by a leading legal scholar on the subject, will explore the recent, rapid expansion of oil and gas development in the United States, driven largely by hydraulic fracturing and drilling in shale formations, and the legal issues that arise in its wake.